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Character Analysis

Lisa Edelstein

Karen

Played by Lisa Edelstein

13 jokes across 3 episodes of Seinfeld

WAR

4.6

Total Jokes

13

Avg Craft

7.3

Avg Impact

7.2

Comedy Style

Cringe/Discomfort

Karen delivers 13 scored jokes across 3 episodes of Seinfeld, averaging 7.3 on craft and 7.2 on impact for a career WAR of 4.6. Their comedy leans toward cringe/discomfort. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Karen Lines

All Jokes — 21 total

S5E01

Jerry · Karen:Jerry reading sexual satisfaction into Karen's enjoyment of risotto: 'You have a very contented air over there. You look very contented, very satisfied. Are you satisfied?'

7.87.5
S5E01

Jerry · Karen:Jerry asks Karen 'Are you satisfied?' after dinner. 'I'm very satisfied.' 'I'm sure if you weren't satisfied, you would say something, wouldn't you?' 'I probably would.' 'But then again, I'm an enigma.'

8.18.2
S5E01

Jerry · Karen:Jerry asks Karen if she feels 'the way you feel after the risotto.' 'Well, no. I feel full after the risotto.'

8.28.2
S5E01

Jerry · Karen:Jerry asks 'Satisfied?' post-sex. Karen immediately suggests seeing the new Meryl Streep movie. Jerry recoils.

8.18.2
S5E01

Karen:'God, I love her, Jerry. She's so authentic. You believe everything is actually happening to her. No acting there.'

8.58.8
S5E01

George · Karen:George enters Karen's apartment having clearly performed poorly. 'It's Jerry's fault.' / Karen: 'Jerry?' George: 'Jerry and Elaine. They made me nuts.'

7.47.3
S5E01

Karen:Karen says she's okay, 'Well, it's not like after the risotto.'

8.38.5
S5E01

George · Karen:George: 'Very good with the moanings and the gyrations. You really had me going there for a minute.' / Karen: 'You think I was faking?'

8.48.8
S5E01

George · Karen:George: 'Not that I don't appreciate the effort that was put into the performance.' Karen: 'I'd like you to leave.'

7.68.0
S5E01

George · Karen:'I can't find my glasses.' / 'Well, hurry up.' / 'Let me look for my glasses.' / 'Get out.' 'Get out.'

7.07.0
S5E09

George · Karen:Well, nothing. I didn't actually say that. / You just said that you said it. / Sweetheart, I was exaggerating.

8.38.5
S5E09

Jerry · Karen:You know, it's like you never see a really attractive woman getting a traffic ticket. / How can you say that? My sister got a ticket last week. Are you saying she's not attractive? / Well, I've never met your sister. But obviously, these are not hard-and-fast rules.

7.87.8
S5E09

George · Karen:No difference. I could care less. She's Jerry's girlfriend. / George, instead of talking about this, we could be, uh... You know. / Heh, heh, heh, heh. / So you think she liked me?

7.87.8
S5E09

Karen · George:Well, now I hate you! / That, I'm used to.

7.87.8
S6E01

Kramer · Karen:If you were Miss America, what would you do to make the world a better place? — As Miss America, I would try and bring an end to world hunger. If every person sacrificed one meal a week, there would be enough to feed the whole world. — That's a hell of a plan.

7.06.8
S6E01

Kramer · Karen · Jerry:All right, take you for example. Now, you're very attractive, but you got a big waist. — Hey, come on! — No, no, no, it's okay. — Go on.

7.37.3
S6E01

Kramer · Karen · Jerry:So what's your talent? — Magic. — I'm thinking of a number from one to 10. — Six. — No, five. — But you were close.

7.88.2
S6E01

Kramer · Karen:How's your eveningwear? — Well, I'm wearing this red... — Stop right there. No good? — Disaster. — Why? — You got brown eyes. You wanna wear a green dress. — That makes sense.

6.86.3
S6E01

Karen · Kramer:Kramer, would you consider being my personal consultant for the pageant? — Okay. But if I'm gonna do this, we play by my rules or we don't play at all.

7.17.0
S6E01

Karen · Jerry:Well... Good night, Jerry. — Kenneth will take you home.

7.06.7
S6E01

Karen:These doves were murdered.

7.68.0